4 days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife Tour
A 4 days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife safari tour is a Uganda safari that takes you to Queen Elizabeth National Park, a famous Uganda destination for its unique tree-climbing lions in the Ishasha sector situated in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. This tour offers you enough time to explore all the best spots within the park for the best wildlife sighting experience, starting and ending in Kampala/Entebbe.
Some of the activities to do during your Uganda safari include the morning game drive, the evening game drive in the Kasenyi plain and Ishasha sector, and the afternoon launch cruise along the Kazinga channel, as well as exploring the Kyambura gorge that hides a lot of beautiful fauna and flora, including primates such as chimpanzees and abundant birdlife. During this safari, you will encounter lots of wildlife, including lions, leopards, elephants, hartebeests, buffaloes, crocodiles, warthogs, hippos, oribis, and many more animals. Some of the birds to look out for during this 4 days Queen Elizabeth safari include bee-eaters, kingfishers, raptor birds, and grey crowned crested cranes, to mention but a few. This 4 days Queen Elizabeth Wildlife Safari tour is designed for those who wish to combine a wildlife safari with chimpanzee trekking. In case you wish to only have a wildlife safari, then check out our 3 days Queen Elizabeth safari tour.
The safari starts and ends in Kampala/Entebbe, and the highlights of this safari include visiting the Equator, game drives, boat cruises and chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge.
Safari highlights
Day 1: Airport pickup and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park & evening game drive
Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise at Kazinga channel
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge and game drive in Ishasha sector
Day 4: Game drive and transfer to Kampala
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Airport pickup and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park & evening game drive
This safari starts with a pickup from the airport, where the driver from Chopper Tour and Travel will be waiting for your landing. Meet and greet and have a brief about this 4-day/3-night excursion in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Embark on a journey to the western part of Uganda within the Albertine Rift Valley. During the journey, you will be mesmerised by the stunning scenery of rolling hills, farms and much more that will make your journey interesting.
A stopover at the equator in Kayabwe offers you those beautiful photos worth keeping while standing between the North and South poles of the equator. After the equator, have another stop at the Igongo Cultural Centre to learn more about our unique culture, grab some souvenirs, have an en route lunch and proceed on your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Upon park arrival, freshen up and embark on an evening game drive in the Kasenyi plain to spot elephants, lions, antelopes and many more, then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight sleep.
Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
Accommodation options: Pumba Safari Lodge (budget), Enganzi Game Lodge / Park View Lodge (midrange) and Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury).
Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise at Kazinga channel
After breakfast, you will be picked up from the lodge by your safari driver for an early morning game drive in the Kasenyi plains. A morning game drive enables you to spot the early risers as they graze off the early morning vegetation; the hunters are also active in search of their daily meal, and the nocturnal animals are returning to their hideouts, where they usually spend a fall day and come outside at night.
After the early morning game drive, return to your hotel, have a relaxed lunch and embark on an afternoon Kazinga Channel boat cruise to watch a high concentration of hippos and lots of bird species. After the boat cruise, you may choose to have an evening game drive or return to the lodge and have your evening at leisure.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation options: Pumba Safari lodge (Budget), Enganzi Game Lodge, Park View Lodge (Midrange) and Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury)
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge and transfer to Ishasha sector
You are supposed to wake up as early as possible on the safari, have breakfast and be taken for the pre-chimpanzee trekking briefing, where all trekkers are briefed about chimpanzees, the dos and don’ts during the trek and the possible encounters while in the Kyambura Gorge. After the briefing, you will then be led into the forest to start the walk via different trails as you search for the habituated chimpanzees that usually roam the forest in search of food. After finding the chimpanzees, you have only one hour in their habitat, taking photos and watching them play.
Exit the forest and return to the lodge for lunch, and have another game drive within the Ishasha sector, where you will watch the tree-climbing lions.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation options: Pumba Safari lodge (Budget), Enganzi Game Lodge, Park View Lodge (Midrange) and Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury)
Day 4: Game drive and transfer to Kampala
After breakfast on the last day of the safari, you will meet your safari driver for the final game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park before exiting and embarking on a journey back to Kampala with an en route lunch in Mbarara. Your final drop-off will be Kampala/Entebbe.
End of 4 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park wildlife safari tour.
This safari includes
- 4×4 safari vehicle
- An English-speaking Guide
- Park entrance
- Accommodation for 3 nights on a full-board basis
- All Meals and bottled water while on the trip, as per the itinerary
- A Chimpanzee trekking Permit
- Game drives
- Kazinga Channel Boat cruise
- Airport pick-up and drop-off
The safari excludes:
- Life insurance
- Visa fee
- flight tickets
- All personal expenses, like alcoholic drinks
- Tips and gratuity
